August 6, 2007

  • Wow!  Almost 4 months since my last blog.  I keep stopping here and thinking I need to update but never seem to get back here to do so.  Thanks for the comment Patrick, you spurred me to blog today!

     

    Since my last post we have decided to take the Saturday Night coffee house format to a weekly event.  We didn’t seem to draw as many to the service in the sanctuary as we did to the coffee house so it seems to make sense to go with our strong point.  This is the second month we’ve doing it and it seems we are starting to attract some new faces.  Of course, there a few of the regulars that are disgruntled over our abandoning the sanctuary but we felt God was moving us in the direction of the coffee house and that is where we decided to go.  When Saturday Night first started years ago it was the only service like it in the area but now it seems every church wants to tap into that same group of unchurched people and while that is a noble idea, it certainly seems to thin out the available number of people to draw from.  In my opinion, I would think it is time for churches to seek God for unique opportunities for reaching the lost but most still seem to want to try and duplicate the efforts of others.  While it may work for some, I’d think that when you present too many instances of the same thing it probably creates confusion for those who are seeking by giving them too many choices to choose from.  Anyways, we decided to seek God for something different and now we will wait for Him to bring in those who need such a place.

     

    I will also add that we never did go through with the questionnaire for the congregational input but we have been having some great discussions at the coffee house concerning what has attracted people to the church and to the coffee house.  Seems that there is reality to the assumption that some people want to seek God in a place that isn’t “religious” in nature.

     

    Work has had its ups and downs but God is in charge and I’ll let Him guide me through the good and the bad times.  God IS Good!

     

    We bought a 2008 Ford Escape about two weeks ago.  Our 1997 Mercury Villager needed over $1000 of work done on it and it didn’t seem prudent to put more money into a vehicle with 120,000 miles on it with no guarantees it wouldn’t need more.  It has satellite radio, a 6 CD changer, and a port to plug in my mp3 player so its got a whole lot more music choices than I am used to or actually want to contend with.  Since the CD changer plays mp3s I made some discs with some of the older worship CDs I’ve accumulated and have been listening to some of those lately rather than any newer CDs.  It seems like we’re in a dry period for new worship songs or at least I haven’t been able to find any good ones.

     

    I did buy a 22” LCD monitor for my computer, a big improvement.

     

    We were in Virginia Beach the last week of June.  I had training there during the day and my wife got to just sit around the hotel and relax.  We were right on the beach this time and it was pretty nice.  We drove down and the traffic from DC to Richmond and then to VA Beach was horrendous so I’m not sure I ever want to drive down there again though I never know if I’ll be scheduled for more training there or not.  We used to go to the Annapolis area which we preferred as it isn’t as far as a drive from Pittsburgh as VA Beach.

     

    Well after four months time that is about all I can remember that is in any way significant in my life.  

     

    Be Blessed!


    God IS Good!

    Go Ahead: Say It! Believe It! Confess It!

    You're Invited!!

Comments (4)

  • I have neglected posting too.  I've just been resting.  You've been busy.  I'm glad you're back.

  • I came back after two months. Can't seem to be able to let go Xanga and my friends here.

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    it is always to good to hear from you, but I do miss your more frequent blogs in the past.  I agree that copying the successful program of another church may not be God's direction.  The success of a great program is oten associated with a person or persons who have a vision and provide great energy and enthusiasm.  In California my church had a bus ministry, probably because "churches should have a bus ministry"  Over the 15 years I was at that church I saw that ministry slowly shrink.  The church people as a whole wanted the ministry, but did not want to put out the hard work that such a ministry requires.  On the other hand, the church I now attend has a huge, flouishing bus ministry, because the people have a huge desire to reach people in the inner city. 

    Dale, I couldn't beleive that you reached a point where you would say concerning the music system in your new vehicle that it might have more choices than you want to contend with.  I frequently feel that way about the increasing abilities of technology, but you are so competent with tech stuff.  A month for now you will probably wonder why you said that.  Your kids must be stoked with all the bells and whistles.  Enjoy!

    Serving Him,

    Cqrol

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  • praise the Lord! the poet is trying to catch up on her site.

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